Josh Hawley on Principles & Values

Attorney General's duty to investigate Governor Greitens

Attorney General Josh Hawley has investigated some of the claims against the Republican governor, though Hawley seemingly has sought to distance himself from the embattled governor as he seeks the U.S. Senate seat.

Some have criticized the
Attorney General for his investigations, saying his office took it easy on Greitens. "I've soft-pedaled nothing. I take my responsibilities as Missouri's chief law enforcement officer very seriously," he said. "This is bad for the state, there's no way
around it."

When asked whether he believed the Governor should step down, Hawley responded, saying that he didn't want to say anything to compromise the investigation, but called the situation "very grave."

When asked if Greitens was one of
the 15 entities that had been subpoenaed, Hawley said, "We will subpoena anyone and everyone who is relevant to this investigation," he said. "And we will not be put off by any invocation of executive privilege or anything else. We will get the facts."

Fight the false gospel of 'anything goes'

During a speech at a "Pastors and Pews" event hosted by the Missouri Renewal Project, Hawley tied the sexual revolution, the cultural shift in the 1960s and 1970s that eliminated the social stigma for premarital sex and contraception that had been
commonplace in the United States:

"We have a human trafficking crisis in our state and in this city and in our country because people are willing to purchase women, young women, and treat them like commodities. There is a market for it. Why is there?
Because our culture has completely lost its way. The sexual revolution has led to exploitation of women on a scale that we would never have imagined, never have imagined," Hawley told the crowd.

"We must deliver a message to our culture
that the false gospel of 'anything goes' ends in this road of slavery. It ends in the slavery and the exploitation of the most vulnerable among us. It ends in the slavery and exploitation of young women."

Conservative principles are the backbone of our country

The American Conservative Union announced its endorsement of Josh Hawley, the leading conservative in Missouri's race for AG. Josh Hawley said about to the endorsement: "I'm honored to receive the endorsement of the ACU, one of our nation's strongest
advocates for promoting our constitutional rights, personal responsibility & limited government. This continues the strong momentum for our grassroots campaign that is focused on the conservative principles that have made our country free & prosperous."